Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness,  1865-1947 <br/><br/>
The Laughing Cavalier: The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Laughing_Cavalier_(novel)  Release date is 2010-07-20 
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<br/><br/> "The Laughing Cavalier: The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Orczy is an adventure novel published in 1913. Set in 1623 Holland, the story follows Percy Blakeney, a dashing foreign mercenary who becomes entangled in a deadly conspiracy. When he's hired to kidnap Gilda Beresteyn, daughter of a wealthy merchant, Blakeney finds himself caught between a dangerous assassination plot, a vengeful nobleman, and his growing feelings for his captive—who could send him to the gallows with a single word. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Historical fiction Adventure stories Netherlands -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR